CN112585654A - Road tunnel safety system - Google Patents
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Abstract
Disclosed is a road tunnel safety system, including: a road security server system in communication with a respective tunnel security client system disposed at and associated with a respective automobile. A particular tunnel security client system is configured to download a computer-coded road map, including at least one tunnel, from a road security server system. The first virtual gate is located in front of the first tunnel portal and the second virtual gate is located in front of the second tunnel portal. The first virtual door submits the license plate number to the road safety system when the vehicle is entering the tunnel, and deletes the registered license plate number in response to a request from the second virtual door when the vehicle is leaving the tunnel. In this way, the road security server keeps track of all cars inside the tunnel and their license plate numbers at any time.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to a road tunnel safety system, and in particular to a road tunnel safety system that records the location and identity of all cars present inside the tunnel at any time.
Background
The appearance of modern automobiles is changing from gasoline-powered speed monsters to electrically and environmentally computer-powered machines. Many modern automobiles require software updates that are provided from time to time over the internet, rather than changing oil from time to time at the shop floor. In a sense, many modern automobiles are wheel and engine equipped computers.
Although new cars are "modern," these cars may experience accidents just as old cars.
A new trend is to use google maps, e.g. computer coded, installed in computer systems (or devices) in automobiles. Updates sent from a GPS (global positioning system) transceiver located in the respective car to a maintenance server system (e.g., google maps) may be viewed in an internet browser in a computer device or system in the respective car. Based on the received data, the google map (i.e., the server system) may provide a visual indication in the map of the traffic level on the corresponding roads to help the driver select a better route, for example, outside of the area of traffic congestion.
The internet, as a communication infrastructure, offers the possibility of automotive communication from traffic control centers, which for example have an overview of traffic situations in cities. Providing road users with guidance and advice on-line regarding traffic problems may mitigate the development of queues in corresponding areas, such as cities. Additionally, the traffic control center may have configuration software that runs advanced mathematical models of traffic etc., which may improve the corresponding guidance and recommendations given by the traffic control center. It is important to get a reliable prediction of traffic development before congestion occurs. In the future, such traffic control centers may operate without human intervention and it is very likely that the car control center operates in conjunction with, for example, an autonomous car, it being very likely that the problem of traffic congestion is eliminated or at least mitigated.
However, accidents cannot be predicted via analysis. An incident is essentially a random event. After an event has occurred, it is possible, for example, to report the event to the police. The police may report the geographical location (GPS coordinates) of the accident and perhaps the severity of the accident. The report is often to other emergency units, such as fire brigades and/or health teams, etc. Additionally, the report may be submitted to a server system update, such as google maps. The graphical symbol located at the corresponding GPS location of the accident would then be visible in each car viewing the online google map.
The situation is different if the accident occurs inside the road tunnel. When, for example, a police car comes to the accident site, access to the accident site inside the tunnel is often blocked by a queue of cars behind the accident site. An emergency team arriving in a tunnel wants to know where inside the tunnel an accident occurred, how many cars are involved, whether children are involved, the type of injury, the fire risk, etc. All of these types of evaluations are difficult to perform from outside the blocked tunnel.
The tunnel may have a suitable communication infrastructure, such as a mobile telephone network, a broadband network, etc. However, in the event of a fire, the network infrastructure inside the tunnel risks being destroyed very quickly.
Another aspect of the tunnel is that the body of the mountain, for example, through which the tunnel passes, blocks any wireless communication between the GPS transceiver and the GPS satellites.
Therefore, the known possibility of identifying the location of the car by tracking the GPS position in the tunnel is difficult when a fire occurs. Furthermore, communication with the automobile is often limited.
Accordingly, there is a need for an improved road tunnel safety system.
Object of the Invention
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an alternative to the prior art.
In particular, it can be seen as an object of the present invention to provide a road tunnel safety system which keeps track of the number of cars, their sequence and their license plate numbers inside the tunnel at any time by configuring the cars in an automatic system to monitor their own position inside the tunnel.
Disclosure of Invention
Thus, the above described object and some other objects are intended to be obtained in a first aspect of the present invention by: there is provided a road tunnel safety system, comprising: a road security server system in communication with respective tunnel security client systems arranged in and associated with respective cars, wherein a particular tunnel security client system is configured to download a computer-encoded road map from the road security server system,
wherein the downloaded computer coded road map comprises at least one tunnel in a geographic area in which the requesting tunnel security client system is located,
the first tunnel portal is marked in the map with a first symbol outside the first tunnel portal of said at least one tunnel,
the second tunnel portal is marked in the map with a second symbol outside the second tunnel portal of said at least one tunnel,
the first and second tunnel portal symbols in the downloaded map comprise embedded information comprising at least respective GPS positions corresponding to the GPS positions of the first tunnel portal and the second tunnel portal,
the respective tunnel security client systems are respectively configured to: estimating a distance to the GPS locations of the first and second tunnel portals by sampling the speed of the vehicle over a series of successively defined time windows, tracking the location of the vehicle inside the tunnel associated with the respective tunnel security client system,
the respective tunnel security client system is configured to: identifying when an associated vehicle is entering the first tunnel portal, and when an associated vehicle is exiting the second tunnel portal,
the respective tunnel security client system is configured to: signaling a road safety server system about an event of an associated car entering the first tunnel portal and transmitting at least a pre-stored license plate number of the associated car to the road safety server system, and
the respective tunnel security client system is further configured to: signaling the road safety server system about the event of the associated car exiting the second tunnel entrance and requesting the road safety server system to delete the recorded license plate number recorded when entering the first tunnel entrance.
The various aspects of the invention may each be combined with any of the other aspects. These and other aspects of the invention will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter.
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A road tunnel safety system according to the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings show examples of embodiments of the invention and should not be construed as limiting other possible embodiments within the scope of the appended claims.
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While the invention has been described in connection with specific embodiments, it should not be construed as being limited to the examples presented in any way. The scope of the invention is set forth in the appended claims. In the context of the claims, the term "comprising" or "comprises" does not exclude other possible elements or steps. References to items such as "a" or "an" should not be construed as excluding a plurality. The use of reference signs in the claims with respect to elements indicated in the figures shall not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention either.
One aspect of the invention is to improve tunnel security by recording the entry and exit of vehicles into and out of the tunnel. One of the problems to be solved is the lack of GPS measurements inside the tunnel as discussed in the background of the specification.
If a physical door is located outside the tunnel entrance, it is possible to stop the car, receive information of a corresponding license plate number, etc. Such a physical gate will be located at a particular geographic location that can be identified by the corresponding GPS coordinates.
Thus, according to an aspect of the invention, virtual doors may be located at corresponding tunnel portals in a computer-coded map, at GPS locations corresponding to the GPS locations of the physical doors that should have been located.
The road safety server system maintains a map, or map information layer, indicating, for example, the GPS position of a virtual door located in front of the tunnel portal. Such a computer-coded map may be downloaded to a respective tunnel security client associated with a respective automobile. The display system is connected to the tunnel security client system and is capable of visualizing the corresponding virtual door in front of the tunnel portal using graphical symbols representing the corresponding physical door. The respective symbol is located at a GPS position in which the corresponding physical door, the position of which is assumed to be used. The road security client may be embedded into existing navigation tools of the associated car.
The actual GPS coordinates of the virtual doors and physical tunnel portals, etc. may be embedded in corresponding graphical symbols in the map, as known to those skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 shows an example of a computer-coded map 10 covering a particular defined geographical area including a tunnel 16. From time to time, or periodically, the tunnel security client system may request the road security server to install and use the computer coded map 10 in the associated automobile of the tunnel security client system. The requested computer encoded map 10 will be a map of the geographic area surrounding the geographic location of the automobile when the request for a map is made.
Map download rights can be granted according to certain rules. For example, a tunnel security client system may be configured to support a standard car navigation system, and the need for map downloads may be due to a situation in which a car is traveling outside the edge of a map currently located in the car's navigation system.
However, in connection with the purposes of the present invention, the downloading of the computer coded map may be limited to a situation in which the geographical area of the map actually comprises at least one tunnel. If there is no tunnel, the download may be omitted.
The following are also within the scope of the invention: having the driver access a user interface connected to a tunnel security client system associated with his car enables the driver to request a download of the map at any time and in any manner.
In fig. 1, the tunnel 16 includes a first traffic lane 12 supporting a first travel direction, and a second traffic lane 13 supporting a second travel direction opposite to the travel direction of the first traffic lane 12.
Also shown is a roadway 14 passing outside of the tunnel 16. If the tunnel 16 is closed, the road can be used to move traffic through the tunnel.
The tunnel 16 has a first tunnel mouth associated with a first virtual gate 11 which can be seen as circular. The first tunnel portal is a tunnel entrance guarded by, for example, the first virtual gate 11. The first tunnel portal is also for example the exit of the second traffic lane 13.
In the other end of the tunnel there is a second virtual door 15 in front of the second tunnel mouth, also visible as a circle. The second tunnel portal is, for example, an exit of the first traffic lane 12, and an entrance of the second traffic lane 13.
According to an aspect of the invention, the road tunnel security system comprises a road security server system in communication with a respective tunnel security client system arranged in and associated with a respective car.
A particular tunnel security client system is configured to download a computer-encoded road map from the road security server system, e.g., periodically, or on demand, or upon request from a driver as discussed above.
The downloaded computer-coded road map 10 may include at least one tunnel in the geographic area where the requesting tunnel security client system is located. The selection of a particular map may be done by the road security server system by: the GPS location is read from the tunnel security client system and the map portion in the map library in the road security server system that covers the GPS location of the client is then identified.
The first virtual door 11 is marked in the map 10 with a first symbol outside the first tunnel mouth of the at least one tunnel 16.
A second virtual door 15 is marked in the map 10 with a second symbol outside a second tunnel mouth of the at least one tunnel 16. The first and second virtual door symbols include embedded information including at least respective GPS positions corresponding to the GPS positions of the first and second physical doors (assuming that the first and second physical doors are physically installed, the respective physical doors will be located).
The tunnel security client system according to the invention is configured to: track respective GPS locations of respective associated cars, and may be further configured to: the GPS location of the tracked associated car is compared to the respective GPS locations of the first and second virtual doors embedded in the respective symbols in the map 10. A comparison can also be made with the GPS position of the actual tunnel portal.
The tunnel security client system is configured to: it is identified when the associated car is approaching, e.g. the first virtual door 11, i.e. e.g. in front of the first tunnel entrance of the tunnel 16, and when the associated car is leaving the second virtual door 15, or is leaving the second tunnel entrance, e.g. the tunnel 16.
According to another aspect of the invention, a respective tunnel security client system is configured to: a signal is sent to the road safety server system regarding the event of the associated car passing the first virtual door 11 and at least a pre-stored license plate number of the associated car is transmitted to the road safety server system.
When a car leaves tunnel 16, the corresponding tunnel security client system is further configured to: a signal is sent to the road safety server system regarding the event of the associated car passing the second virtual door 15 and requests the road safety server system to delete the recorded license plate number recorded when passing the first virtual door.
The road safety server system is configured to: the GPS positions of the group tracking of the cars passing through the respective virtual door 11, 15, (or the respective tunnel portal) are read, thereby enabling a determination to be made as to whether a car is approaching or leaving the associated tunnel portal.
The first and second graphical symbols of the first and second virtual doors may include embedded information regarding a distance from a particular GPS location of the first and corresponding second virtual doors to the first and corresponding second tunnel portals. The tunnel security client system is configured to: when the associated car is approaching the first virtual door, i.e. when entering the tunnel, the distance to the associated tunnel entrance is read.
The tunnel security client system is further configured to: when passing, for example, a first virtual gate (or first tunnel portal), the speed of the associated car is sampled at defined time intervals. By sampling at shorter time intervals, the calculation of the distance traveled by the vehicle will be more accurate, since acceleration and braking will be averaged out in the calculation at shorter time intervals. The client system may then keep track of the distance the associated car is positioned inside the tunnel from the first tunnel portal or first virtual gate, and/or the distance the car is positioned from the second tunnel portal or second virtual gate.
The ability to identify when cars are entering the tunnel and when cars are exiting the tunnel provides the possibility to measure the frequency of cars entering the tunnel and to compare this value with the frequency of cars exiting the tunnel. Ideally those two values are equal. However, if the frequency of cars entering the tunnel is higher than the frequency of cars leaving the tunnel, there is a possibility of traffic congestion in the tunnel. If this happens, the road safety server system is configured to: the identified first arriving cars passing the first virtual door are notified of this situation, or they are notified to stop the car, or at least slow down. By counting cars over a defined period of time, the frequency of the cars may be measured.
If the frequency of cars leaving increases, the stopped or slowed cars may be instructed by the road safety server to accelerate when passing through the tunnel exit (e.g., when passing through the second virtual door).
The tunnel security client system may be further configured to: it is detected whether the associated car has stopped inside the tunnel and then the distance to the tunnel entrance and the distance to the tunnel exit are recorded.
This information may be transmitted by the tunnel security client system to the driver of the car, displaying a graphical indication on the connected display indicating the distance to the tunnel entrance or exit that is the shortest distance. The inlet and outlet are defined relative to the direction of travel of the vehicle. The driver then knows which is the shortest route to go to exit the tunnel in an emergency.
In such a system, the tunnel security client system may also begin recording video of the area surrounding the car. If an accident occurs, the video may be submitted to emergency personnel arriving in the tunnel.
Another aspect of the invention is that the road safety server system maintains a sequential list of the car identities of detected cars inside the tunnel at any time and the list is ordered with respect to the direction of the traffic lane. The top entry of the table is then associated with the car closest to the tunnel exit and the bottom entry of the table is the car closest to the tunnel entrance. The exit and entrance are defined relative to the direction of travel of the associated traffic lane. In this way, the emergency personnel can identify at least the relative position of the respective cars inside the tunnel, the number of cars, the license plate number of the car and thus the identity of the car owner. This enables emergency personnel to find e.g. a telephone number which can be used if the communication infrastructure of the tunnel is not damaged e.g. due to a fire.
If the communication infrastructure as a whole is damaged or broken inside the tunnel, the tunnel security client system may include a WIFI port capable of communicating with a corresponding equipped device carried by emergency personnel. In this regard, a WIFI-equipped drone may be sent inside the tunnel to search for real-time WIFI connections for the corresponding car, enabling information from inside the tunnel to be collected.
If the tunnel is full of smoke, an automatic drone equipped with a radar can navigate inside the tunnel by itself.
According to an example of embodiment of the present invention, the road tunnel security system comprises a road security server system in communication with respective tunnel security client systems arranged in and associated with respective cars, wherein a particular tunnel security client system is configured to download a computer-encoded road map from the road security server system,
wherein the downloaded computer coded road map comprises at least one tunnel in a geographic area in which the requesting tunnel security client system is located,
the first tunnel portal is marked in the map with a first symbol outside the first tunnel portal of said at least one tunnel,
the second tunnel portal is marked in the map with a second symbol outside the second tunnel portal of said at least one tunnel,
the first and second tunnel portal symbols in the downloaded map comprise embedded information comprising at least respective GPS positions corresponding to the GPS positions of the first tunnel portal and the second tunnel portal,
the respective tunnel security client systems are respectively configured to: estimating a distance to the GPS locations of the first and second tunnel portals by sampling the speed of the vehicle over a series of successively defined time windows, tracking the location of the vehicle inside the tunnel associated with the respective tunnel security client system,
the respective tunnel security client system is configured to: identifying when an associated vehicle is entering the first tunnel portal, and when an associated vehicle is exiting the second tunnel portal,
the respective tunnel security client system is configured to: sending a signal to the road safety server system regarding the event of the associated vehicle entering the first tunnel portal and transmitting at least the pre-stored license plate number of the associated vehicle to the road safety server system, and
the respective tunnel security client system is further configured to: a signal is sent to the road safety server system regarding an event of exit of the associated vehicle from the second tunnel entrance and requests the road safety server system to delete the recorded license plate number recorded when entering the first tunnel entrance.
Further, the road safety server system may be configured to read the GPS position from a tracked car passing through a first virtual gate located a distance in front of the first tunnel portal in the downloaded map, and to read the GPS position of a tracked car passing through a second virtual gate located in front of the second tunnel portal in the downloaded map.
Furthermore, the first and second virtual gates may preferably be positioned adjacent to the respective side-ways in front of the respective first and second tunnel portals.
Further, the road safety server system may be configured and arranged to determine whether a particular car is approaching or leaving an associated tunnel portal by tracking the GPS position of the particular car relative to the GPS positions of the respective first and second virtual doors.
Furthermore, the first and second symbols of the first and second virtual gates may further include embedded information regarding distances from the GPS locations of the first and second virtual gates to the first and second tunnel portals,
the tunnel security client system is configured to read a distance of an associated tunnel portal when the associated car is passing through the first virtual door, and
and further configured to begin sampling the speed of the associated vehicle at defined time intervals as the associated vehicle passes through the first virtual door,
thereby keeping track of how far inside the tunnel the car is located from the first tunnel portal and/or how close the car is located from the second tunnel portal.
Further, a first virtual gate may be positioned adjacent to the bypass outside the first tunnel portal.
Further, a second virtual gate may be positioned adjacent to the bypass outside the second tunnel portal.
Further, the automobile may be entering the second tunnel portal and exiting the first tunnel portal.
Furthermore, the road safety server system may be configured to monitor the number of cars entering within a defined period of time, and to monitor the number of cars exiting the tunnel within the same defined period of time, and
whenever the number of cars within the defined time period is higher compared to the number of cars leaving within the same defined time period,
the road safety server system is configured to submit a warning of potential congestion of the vehicle inside the tunnel when the vehicle is detected entering the tunnel.
Further, whenever the number of cars leaving approaches zero and the number of cars entering increases more than the number of cars exiting, the road safety server system, when detecting such a condition, instructs the approaching cars to stop or slow down before entering the tunnel.
Further, if the number of outgoing cars increases over a defined period of time, the road safety server system instructs the stopped cars to start traveling through the tunnel.
Further, the tunnel security system may be configured to suggest that an approaching automobile use a side road located adjacent to the virtual door that the automobile is approaching.
Further, the tunnel security client system may be configured to detect whether the associated car has stopped moving inside the tunnel and record the calculated distances from the first and second tunnel portals.
Further, the secure client system may display a graphical indication on the connected display indicating which distance to the first or second tunnel portal is the shortest distance.
Furthermore, the tunnel security client system may be configured to start recording video of the space inside the tunnel and of the traffic situation with at least one connected video camera of the car.
Furthermore, the road safety server system may maintain an order table of the car identities of cars inside the tunnel at any time, wherein the order follows the geographical position of cars on a traffic lane inside the tunnel starting from a tunnel portal as entrance to the traffic lane.
Furthermore, information of the car position and the car identity inside the tunnel can be read from the associated tunnel security client system of the respective car via a wireless network connection arranged inside the tunnel.
Furthermore, an emergency network may be established through a WIFI connection provided by at least one drone carrying a WIFI network connection, wherein the at least one drone is configured to search for a real-time WIFI connection of an automobile inside the tunnel.
Furthermore, the downloaded computer code map may be a superimposed information layer on top of the computer code map already installed in the tunnel security client system.
Furthermore, the already installed map may be part of a car navigation system.
Furthermore, the local area network may be installed in a tunnel, and wherein the location of the respective car is identified by triangulation of WIFI signals between the respective car inside the tunnel and the nodes of the local area network.
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1. A road tunnel safety system comprising: a road security server system in communication with respective tunnel security client systems arranged in and associated with respective cars, wherein a particular tunnel security client system is configured to download a computer-encoded road map from the road security server system,
wherein the downloaded computer coded road map comprises at least one tunnel in a geographic area in which the requesting tunnel security client system is located,
the first tunnel portal is marked in the map with a first symbol outside the first tunnel portal of said at least one tunnel,
the second tunnel portal is marked in the map with a second symbol outside the second tunnel portal of said at least one tunnel,
the first and second tunnel portal symbols in the downloaded map comprise embedded information comprising at least respective GPS positions corresponding to the GPS positions of the first tunnel portal and the second tunnel portal,
the respective tunnel security client systems are respectively configured to: estimating a distance to the GPS locations of the first and second tunnel portals by sampling the speed of the vehicle over a series of successively defined time windows, tracking the location of the vehicle inside the tunnel associated with the respective tunnel security client system,
the respective tunnel security client system is configured to: identifying when an associated vehicle is entering the first tunnel portal, and when an associated vehicle is exiting the second tunnel portal,
the respective tunnel security client system is configured to: signaling the road safety server system about an event that the associated car is entering the first tunnel portal, and transmitting at least a pre-stored license plate number of the associated car to the road safety server system, and
the respective tunnel security client system is further configured to: signaling the road safety server system about an event that the associated car is exiting the second tunnel portal, and requesting the road safety server system to delete the recorded license plate number recorded when entering the first tunnel portal.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the road security server system is configured to: reading a GPS location from a tracked car passing through a first virtual gate located a distance in front of the first tunnel portal in the downloaded map, and reading a GPS location of a tracked car passing through a second virtual gate located in front of the second tunnel portal in the downloaded map.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first and second virtual gates are preferably positioned adjacent respective side lanes in front of the respective first and second tunnel portals.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the road safety server system is configured to: determining whether the particular car is approaching or exiting the associated tunnel portal by tracking the GPS location of the particular car relative to the GPS locations of the respective first and second virtual doors.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the first and second symbols of the first and second virtual doors further comprise embedded information regarding a distance from the GPS location of the first and second virtual doors to the first and second tunnel portals,
the tunnel security client system is configured to read a distance of an associated tunnel portal when the associated car is passing through the first virtual door, and
and further configured to begin sampling the speed of the associated vehicle at defined time intervals as the associated vehicle passes through the first virtual door,
thereby keeping track of how far inside the tunnel the car is located from the first tunnel portal and/or how close the car is located from the second tunnel portal.
6. The system of claim 2, wherein the first virtual door is positioned adjacent to a bypass outside of the first tunnel portal.
7. The system of claim 2, wherein the second virtual gate is positioned adjacent to a bypass outside of the second tunnel portal.
8. The system of any of claims 1-7, wherein a car is entering the second tunnel portal and exiting the first tunnel portal.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the road safety server system is configured to monitor the number of cars entering within a defined time period and to monitor the number of cars exiting the tunnel within the same defined time period, and
whenever the number of cars within the defined time period is higher compared to the number of cars leaving within the same defined time period,
the road safety server system is configured to submit a warning of potential congestion of the vehicle inside the tunnel when the vehicle is detected entering the tunnel.
10. The system of claim 9, the road safety server system when detecting such a condition instructs the approaching car to stop or slow down before entering the tunnel whenever the number of cars leaving approaches zero and the number of cars entering increases more than the number of cars exiting.
11. The system of claim 10, the road safety server system instructing a stopped car to begin traveling through the tunnel each time the number of cars exiting increases over a defined period of time.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein the tunnel security system is configured to suggest that an approaching automobile use a side road located adjacent to a virtual door that the automobile is approaching.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the tunnel security client system is configured to detect whether the associated car has stopped moving inside the tunnel and to record the calculated distances from the first and second tunnel portals.
14. The system of claim 10, wherein the tunnel security client system displays a graphical indication on the connected display indicating which distance to the first or second tunnel portal is the shortest distance.
15. The system of claim 10, wherein the tunnel security client system is configured to begin recording the space and traffic conditions inside the tunnel using at least one connected video camera of the automobile.
16. The system of claim 1, wherein the road safety server system maintains an order table of the car identities of cars inside the tunnel at any time, wherein the order follows the geographical location of cars on a traffic lane inside the tunnel starting from a tunnel portal as an entrance to the traffic lane.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein the information of the car location and the car identity inside the tunnel is readable from the associated tunnel security client system of the respective car via a wireless network connection arranged inside the tunnel.
18. The system of claim 14, wherein the network is a WIFI connection accessible by a drone carrying the WIFI network connection, wherein the drone is capable of integrating information from a particular car, the information including a location of the car inside the tunnel and/or video recorded by an associated tunnel security client system.
19. The system of claim 1, wherein the downloaded computer coded map is a layer of information superimposed in top of a computer coded map already installed in the tunnel security client system.
20. The system of claim 17, wherein the map that has been installed is part of a car navigation system.
21. The system of claim 1, wherein the local area network is installed in a tunnel, and wherein the location of the respective car is identified by triangulation of WIFI signals between the respective car and nodes of the local area network inside the tunnel.
22. The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency network is established over a WIFI connection provided by at least one drone carrying a WIFI network connection, wherein the at least one drone is configured to search for real-time WIFI connections of automobiles inside the tunnel.
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